Hope

"Some people live their memorable years fighting against their basic instincts only to succumb in the end to what was actually good for them."

"The narrow-minded find it convenient to create stereotypes, and then try to fit everybody, everything and every situation into those stereotypes."

"We need the wisdom to accept the fact that this world abounds with issues we cannot solve; and we need to part ways with those people, ideas and things that are a vexation to the soul."

"There are people who bring joy to our lives, but who fail to make us happy. They are the people for the moment. Never rely on their love because it is not sustainable. Their love is alike a comet that illuminates the sky, but then fades away because it lacks the sustainable energy of the sun."

"Kindness is a source of relief to the soul of the giver, creating a sense of fortitude that is incomprehensible to those who do not know what kindness is all about."

"When faced with difficulties, a humble, understanding, appreciative and selfless person finds it easy to win a friend. On the other hand, a temperamental, egoistic, condensing, self-absorbed, self-conceited and narrow-minded person who lacks the basic sense of humility easily loses friends when in distress."

"Man craves joy far more than anything else in life, but there is nothing as madly intoxicating as the feeling of joy that comes from the soul."

"Singers, actors or artists who touch on sorrow are trying to give comfort to aggrieved souls by giving some meaning to their sorrows."

"The true leaders of our time, the legends of this world or the movers of the movers are the towering figures that are blessed with beautiful minds, receptive ears and directing voices. They are the ones we should emulate in life."

"A man can’t talk of true happiness if he has never known true love—the trusting, selfless and unconditional love that I took for granted."

"…the truest feeling of happiness is the security that comes with being loved."

"Most people live lives that are full of mysteries, lives whose ultimate purpose we may never really understand. But for the sake of serenity, we must believe in life’s nobleness."

"The scrupulous survivors in life are the best counterweight to unscrupulous survivors."

"The writer is the cursed artist of the soul. The expression of his art is a reflection of his quest to understand man by unraveling the mysteries that have been haunting humankind from time immemorial. In the end of his journey to understand man, the writer becomes more human even though his soul ends up finding less peace."

"Perhaps fate has a way of turning things around and making something good out of the action of someone who failed humanity without meaning to."

"When we tend to be too hard on those we love, we erode the softness of our souls in the process, taking out the humanity within us that is the nucleus of our goodness, even if our actions are for their own sake."

"I think preconceived ideas or prejudgments are meant to give us an edge whenever we are dealing with others we don’t know or haven’t made the effort to understand."

"The selfish and self-centered have a hard time being kind, even though you and I know that kindness is a source of relief to the soul."

"…our recollections bring out our joyful smiles, but hardly make us chortle or guffaw; our recollections often leave imprints on our faces that show our regrets, but they hardly produce sounds that echo the depth of those regrets."

"Some honest people think it is better to know the ways of the devil without being evil."